A claim may be identified as a potential TERI case by using the following criteria:

1. SITUATION

______ An allegation (e.g., from the claimant, a friend, family member, doctor or other medical source) that the illness is terminal;

______ An allegation or diagnosis of AIDS;

______ The claimant is registered in a Medicare-designated hospice or is receiving hospice care; e.g., in-home counseling or nursing care; or

2. CONDITION

The claimant has a condition which medical records indicate is untreatable; that is, the condition cannot be reversed and is expected to end in death, including, but not limited to, the following list of descriptors:

______

Chronic dependence on a cardiopulmonary life-sustaining device.

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Chronic pulmonary or heart failure requiring continuous home oxygen and is unable to care for personal needs.

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Diabetic with one or more of the following: multiple amputations due to diabetic gangrene, recurrent cardiovascular events (infarction, failure), recurrent cerebrovascular events with neurological deficit.

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